Nurses, this is why as a profession we must start supporting nursing professional associations (even if its just with dues money) because its these associations that lobby the legislature and monitor legislation affecting nurses and the profession of nursing in a particular state.
Have you heard about Florida Senate Bill 1986? See http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/laws.html.
Will you be Florida Senate Bill 1986'ed by your State legislature in the future? Think of the number of students in school, licensees, and training programs which will be directly affected by this legislation. What about the folks who need to renew a license and cannot because of Senate Bill 1986? I understand the stated rationale but I am questioning how did this type of legislation get passed in the first place? I guess that's like asking who was minding the store front during a riot but golly.
Where were the lobbyists for the healthcare professional associations in Florida when this passed? Was a siren or alert sent out to all the folks, institutions, ect. directly or indirectly impacted by this legislation before it passed? Was there testimony provided by healthcare training programs and healthcare professional associations against this legislation? Schools should have bused in students by the busload to testify against this legislation and healthcare professional associations should have done the same with licensed professionals.
Some states are trying to find ex-offenders jobs and training to succeed while others are barring them out of professions, occupations, and certain employment. Its becoming tougher in some states to find employment or obtain a license with criminal convictions.
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